SV: Re: Is this usb wifi plug supported?

[jd1008]

On 05/29/2015 12:49 PM, jd1008 wrote:
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> On 05/29/2015 12:25 PM, birger wrote:
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>> Can you find any hints here? This describes installing the vendor 
>> driver. The usb vendor and product ids are the same, so yours ought 
>> to be the same as this.
>> http://superuser.com/questions/738096/how-to-install-mediatek-mt7610u-rt2860-driver 
>>
>>
>> Maintaining a driver manually sucks, but it may help until the open 
>> source driver works for your dongle.
>>
>> Sendt fra min Sony Xperia™-smarttelefon
>>
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>>
>> ---- jd1008 skrev ----
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>>
>> I finally received the item.
>> I plugged it in and kernel recognizes it as:
>> [ 174.952769 <tel:174.952769>] usb 2-2: USB disconnect, device number 3
>> [ 192.344054 <tel:192.344054>] usb 2-2: new high-speed USB device 
>> number 5 using ehci-pci
>> [ 192.473984 <tel:192.473984>] usb 2-2: New USB device found, 
>> idVendor=0e8d, idProduct=7610
>> [ 192.473989 <tel:192.473989>] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: 
>> Mfr=1, Product=2,
>> SerialNumber=3
>> [ 192.473993 <tel:192.473993>] usb 2-2: Product: WiFi
>> [ 192.473996 <tel:192.473996>] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: MediaTek
>> [ 192.473999 <tel:192.473999>] usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 1.0
>>
>> And since the file
>> drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig
>>
>>   has the following config line:
>> config RT2800USB_RT55XX
>>   bool "rt2800usb - Include support for rt55xx devices (EXPERIMENTAL)"
>>   ---help---
>>   This adds support for rt55xx wireless chipset family to the
>>   rt2800usb driver.
>>   Supported chips: RT5572
>>
>> So, I ran modprobe rt2800usb which loaded:
>> # lsmod | grep 2800
>> rt2800usb 28672 <tel:28672> 0
>> rt2x00usb 20480 <tel:20480> 1 rt2800usb
>> rt2800lib 94208 <tel:94208> 1 rt2800usb
>> rt2x00lib 69632 <tel:69632> 3 rt2x00usb,rt2800lib,rt2800usb
>> crc_ccitt 16384 <tel:16384> 1 rt2800lib
>> mac80211 704512 <tel:704512> 4 rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib,iwldvm
>>
>> However, iwconfig does not show the interface.
>>
>> How do I get there from here ?  :) :)
> Thank you Birger.
> I downloaded the files mentioned in those tips.
> Bet before I build the Ralink provided driver, I
> will recompile the fedora kernel from source
> and enable the Experimental driver which supports
> RT5572, and try that out.
> If it does not work, I will fall back on recompiling
> the driver your link led me to.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> JD

I did try to compile the manufacturer's supplied driver,
but compilation fails miserably.

I uploaded the very verbose output of
make -B --debug=vj  -j 4 -k
to https://www.sendspace.com/file/chlr3b